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Saturday, December 31, 2022Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed MIN by 14 at halftime and won 116–104.

Final
LAC130
IND131
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND +1
Final
BKN123
CHA106
Q1 BKN +10; Q2 BKN +12; Q3 BKN +18; Q4 BKN +17
Final
CLE103
CHI102
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +1
Final
NYK108
HOU88
Q1 NYK -8; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +20
Final
DAL126
SAS125
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +1
Final
NOP101
MEM116
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +15
Final
DET116
MIN104
Q1 DET -11; Q2 DET -14; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +12
Final
PHI115
OKC96
Q1 PHI +18; Q2 PHI +26; Q3 PHI +17; Q4 PHI +19
Final
MIA126
UTA123
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +3
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2021–22Dec 31, 2021: 10 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (LAL vs POR), 43 points.
The lead · DET @ MIN

Detroit climbs out of a 14-point hole against Minnesota

Down 14 at the half, the Pistons won the third quarter 38–24 and the game 116–104. Bojan Bogdanovic led Detroit with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-140+12DET AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET28223828116
MIN39252416104
Who led
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 26, 15, 10, 23, 23, 14, 20, 28DET28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Marvin Bagley IIIPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 4, 13, 12, 10, 10, 4, 7, 18DET18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 37, 27, 23, 30, 29, 27, 30, 30MIN30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 28, 9, 8, 21, 13, 27, 15, 25MIN25 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New York by 20.

IND over LAC1CLE over CHI1DAL over SAS1MIA over UTA3DET over MIN12MEM over NOP15BKN over CHA17PHI over OKC19NYK over HOU20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
33.7Season avg45.6Last 5

45.6 points a game over his last five games, against 33.7 in 33 earlier games. Today: 51 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 36 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.0Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 14.0 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 51

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 38, 30, 33, 19, 25, 50, 32, 60, 35, 51DAL @ SAS · W
34.2 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Damian Lillard POR, Mar 7, 2019: 51 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
51 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 26, 17, 22, 22, 32, 23, 24, 45LAC @ IND · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: David Robinson SAS, Mar 8, 1996: 44 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Season high45 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 31, 19, 25, 15, 30, 29, 35, 29, 41, 35NYK @ HOU · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 12, 6, 10, 5, 14, 18, 14, 34IND vs LAC · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 31, 12, 22, 15, 22, 27, 18, 23, 22, 32MIA @ UTA · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 25, 6, 35, 12, 36, 34, 19, 32MEM vs NOP · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Jordan PooleGSW+6.9 27.2 last 10 · 20.3 season
LeBron JamesLAL+5.1 33.6 last 10 · 28.5 season
CJ McCollumNOP+5.0 24.8 last 10 · 19.8 season
Julius RandleNYK+4.8 28.9 last 10 · 24.1 season
Quentin GrimesNYK+4.7 14.7 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−3.7 26.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR−3.4 19.0 last 10 · 22.4 season
Terry RozierCHA−3.3 16.5 last 10 · 19.8 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−3.2 10.7 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jalen SmithIND−3.1 6.9 last 10 · 10.0 season